The registers contain similar details to IOR/L/MIL/9/1-28. They were made up after the recruits arrived at the depot, and the entries are arranged chronologically under each letter of the alphabet.
The volumes contain copies of letters from the depots at Newport, Chatham and Warley to the Military Secretary and other officials at East India House, to the War Office, and to the recruiting officers. They are mainly concerned with individual recruits and embarkation arrangements. IOR/L/MIL/9/4...
The orders cover the organisation and operation of Warley Depot, and they include details of military discipline, parades, staff, promotions and embarkation arrangements. Each volume contains an index
Transcripts or extracts of the proceedings of district and depot courts martial held at Warley or Chatham. IOR/L/MIL/9/67-71 are indexed. IOR/L/MIL/9/72 covers deserters only.
They are arranged by ship and they give name, age, height, place of birth, date and place of enlistment, period of service, previous occupation, and remarks. IOR/L/MIL/9/83 gives names only. IOR/L/MIL/9/77-82 contain indexes of ships.